Ex-Prisoners Organize
A group of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners have organized to offer medical and job support to other freed prisoners.
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Judges Caught Taking Money for Sending Kids to Jail
Corrupt judges take bribes to fill juvenile detention centers.
Death Row Inmate’s Execution Delayed
Federal court halts execution of Troy Davis
Prison Labor Replaces Immigrants in Colorado
Prison labor is a program where prisoners work for less than minimum wage while they are in jail. Colorado’s strict immigration laws have kept immigrants out of the state and off the farms, so now prisoners are doing more of the farmwork.
Saved Lives or Lost Time? Prisoners Set Free Thanks to DNA Testing
DNA testing has reopened many court cases long after the accused were sent to prison. These men and women had to sit in jail until science became accurate enough to set them free.
Immigrant Families With Kids Detained
There is a place in Texas where over 200 children are being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because they do not have proper documents to be in the United States.
Journalist Gets Prison Time for Protecting Sources
Journalist Josh Wolf spent more time in jail than any journalist in U.S. history for the reason of protecting sources. Josh was jailed for refusing to turn over a video he took to a grand jury and for refusing to name the people in the video, which was of protesters at a 2005 demonstration in San Francisco.
Book Review: Life in Prison
In this book, Tookie Williams describes prison conditions and challenges kids to spend ten hours alone in a bathroom at home so they may begin to understand how it feels to live in captivity.
What is Guantanamo Bay Prison?
Learn about this U.S. military prison where people from other countries are held without a court hearing, and about the human rights situation inside the prison.
